Economic Advisor
Bogotá, Capital District, Colombia
➤ Support the Government Advisor on Coffee Affairs in the design, implementation, and evaluation of public policies for the coffee sector.➤ Write monthly and quarterly reports on the evolution of the national and international coffee markets. ➤ Carry out statistical and econometric analyzes of the sector based on farmers’ survey data. ➤ Serve as a liaison between farmers’ associations and the national government. Achievements:➤ Supported the development of document CONPES 4052, which establishes a policy aimed at ensuring the long-term sustainability of the coffee industry in Colombia.➤ Participated in the design of three programs to protect farmers' income: Protección al Ingreso del Caficultor (2013-2014), Reactivación Cafetera (2015-2016) e Incentivo Gubernamental Para la Equidad Cafetera (2018-2019). In total, these programs delivered nearly $1.3 billion pesos to more than 350,000 coffee producers. ➤ Collaborated in the design of a program to renew coffee plantations. Between 2016 and 2021, this program promoted the renewal of 17% of the coffee plantations and benefited almost 50,000 coffee producers. ➤ Designed two statistical models to forecast, annually, the harvest and production costs of the coffee sector.➤ Supported the operationalization of the Coffee Prices Stabilization Fund, created by the Law 1969 of 2019.➤ Through the use of econometric techniques, I calculated the impact that the adoption of coffee rust-resistant seeds had on crop productivity, producers’ income, and farmers’ well-being. This work was published as a CEDE document of the Faculty of Economics of the Universidad de los Andes.
